United States v. Sammy Naranjo ( 2013 )


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  •      Case: 12-50933       Document: 00512226722         Page: 1     Date Filed: 05/01/2013
    IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
    Fifth Circuit
    FILED
    May 1, 2013
    No. 12-50933
    Summary Calendar                        Lyle W. Cayce
    Clerk
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff-Appellee
    v.
    SAMMY NARANJO,
    Defendant-Appellant
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Western District of Texas
    USDC No. 5:88-CR-24-1
    Before REAVLEY, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:*
    Sammy Naranjo, federal prisoner # 42230-080, was convicted in 1988 of
    conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine. He
    was sentenced to 46 months in prison and five years of supervised release. In
    2000, after his five-year term of supervised release had expired, his supervised
    release was revoked, and he was resentenced to 12 months in prison to run
    consecutively to a 216-month federal sentence for a different, subsequent
    conviction. Naranjo appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ
    *
    Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
    be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
    R. 47.5.4.
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    of coram nobis. In his petition, he argued that the revocation of his supervised
    release violated the Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution.
    The writ of coram nobis is an “extraordinary remedy” that allows a
    petitioner who has completed his sentence and is no longer in custody to obtain
    relief from civil disabilities arising as a consequence of his conviction. United
    States v. Esogbue, 
    357 F.3d 532
    , 534 (5th Cir. 2004). Where a petitioner is still
    in custody at the time he files the petition, the writ of coram nobis is not
    available to the petitioner. See United States v. Hatten, 
    167 F.3d 884
    , 887 n.6
    (5th Cir. 1999). The district court in this case found that Naranjo did not satisfy
    the “no longer in custody” requirement for obtaining a writ of coram nobis.
    Naranjo argues that, because he has “yet to serve” his revocation sentence,
    he does not satisfy the “in custody” requirement for filing a 
    28 U.S.C. § 2255
    motion challenging the revocation. He contends that he should therefore be
    allowed to challenge the revocation via a petition for a writ of coram nobis. He
    also addresses the merits of his ex post facto claim.
    A petitioner who is serving two consecutive sentences is ‘in custody’ for
    purposes of challenging the second sentence via a habeas petition while he is
    serving the first sentence. See Peyton v. Rowe, 
    391 U.S. 54
    , 64 (1968); Maleng
    v. Cook, 
    490 U.S. 488
    , 490-93 (1989); United States v. Shaid, 
    937 F.2d 228
    , 230
    n.2 (5th Cir. 1991) (en banc). Thus, even if Naranjo is still serving his 216-
    month federal sentence for a different, subsequent conviction and his 12-month
    revocation sentence has not yet commenced, he is “in custody” for purposes of
    challenging the revocation of his supervised release. As the district court did not
    abuse its discretion in denying Naranjo’s petition for a writ of coram nobis, see
    Santos-Sanchez v. United States, 
    548 F.3d 327
    , 330 (5th Cir. 2008), vacated on
    other grounds, 
    130 S. Ct. 2340
     (2010), the district court’s dismissal of his petition
    is AFFIRMED.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 12-50933

Judges: Reavley, Jolly, Davis

Filed Date: 5/1/2013

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/19/2024